Polaris solar photovoltaic net news: as the U. S. department of energy ( DoE) For solar 'soft costs' part of the war, the national renewable energy laboratory ( NREL) Has issued a cut down the roadmap of the hardware costs by 2020. The doe SunShot program in 2010, is one of the goals of further reduce the hardware cost, respectively 50% and 44% of the residential and small commercial solar projects. The U. S. department of energy hopes to soft costs have fallen to zero. $65 per watt? A total of $1. 50 / W ? 吗? Residential system and small business project of 0. 44 $/ W, China solar net, 1. 25 $/ W, until 2020. Residential and small business solar photovoltaic power generation of hardware ( 'Soft') Cost reduction roadmap, 2013 - In 2020, China's solar energy network, from NREL and sustainable development promoter rocky mountain institute, using photovoltaic manufacturing cost reduction methods aims to decrease the cost of photovoltaic (pv) soft and semiconductor industry. The report check the hardware cost in four aspects: customer acquisition; Allow, photovoltaic (pv) grid, check and interconnection; Install artificial; Although key, and financing solar net, but it has brought 'future research' management fee and profit. Used to reduce the cost of tools and templates, for example, the report recommend the use of software tools to simulate the potential customers house for solar power in place, and what kind of system? Can imitate reduce system design time and cost? Before the first contact by phone is the best. Using these tools will reduce staff by phone and time for the family information from customers. The report will be residential system installation labor costs and licensing, check to make sure and interconnection costs for guiding SunShot target most areas of the problem. The author points out that although the licensing and interconnection costs on the basis of different may be small, but they can stop the developers into some markets, solar energy, photovoltaic deployment, slow down and by large-scale deployment of reduce the cost. 'Soft costs is a major cost of residential solar, and commercial pv projects most of the costs,' Rocky Mountain Institute project director Jon Creyts on Wednesday in the United States department of energy issued a press release said. 'Soft cost-cutting ways must develop a positive, in order to realize the SunShot Initiative pv price target. The original title: soft costs is a major cost of residential solar is the most commercial pv projects cost